Quote#Death
Let's meet and either do or die
Quote byJohn Fletcher · 1579–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Island Princess (c. 1620; pub. 1647), Act II, scene 2. Compare: "Let us do or die", Robert Burns, Bannockburn; same in Thomas Campbell, Gertrude of Wyoming, part iii. stanza 37.
English (original)
Let's meet and either do or die.
— John Fletcher
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